St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-29
A GRIP-SACK SECRET.
ACHES AND PAINS COMPLETELY
CHARMED AWAY.
Heed Paid to the Warning Given by the
Observation-Disclosures Late Rheumatic
Attack-His Friends Make Some Good
Suggestions on the, Care of Health

Not like those ancient reCeptiOns given TO
Mrs. George Washington has been the tour of
the President and his wife Of the former
1t was SAID: "She was met on the outskirts by
a committee OF citizens; there were fireworks
before and after supper, and she was sere-
naded by an excellent band of music con-
Quoted by gentlemen Of the town.
The harvests of mighty nation are gar
nered and the fruits thereof are now the fair
day. sights of millions Thousands come
and go and crowd each mart where plenty
sits, and into these genial multtudes the
distinguished visitors were ushered.
Grover Cleveland is of the people. by the
people, their President, and in the admins
tration of their affairs his health and happi-
ness are objects Of solicituG,.
The most changeful season in many years
is upon us, and he has been whirled from
| freezing point to Indian summer, and thence
again to chilling frosts
He stood in Over-heated rooms and from
the sitting air where crowds commingle he
was suddenly transferred to the cold with
| out.
Does any one suppose he was unprepared
torsuch emergencies? If so, let him possess
! himself with patience. Just ask the charm
ing Mrs. c. what was that little incident it
Is said took place in their delightful bou-
doir at the White House, at which even the
| sleepy poodle looked askant Will the grip
| sack reveal secret?
From undergoing just such trials as those
foreshadowed and harassed by state affairs
the President fell sick. Crowds had no COM
passion, Congress was impatient for his
message and in the late hours he sat by an
open window and prepared the document.
The President was down and crippled with
rheumatism and the long faces of the ply
slclans in attendance betokened protracted
Illness
One doctor made public mention that this
illness of the President was critical. and per
haps fatal, and that he might not live to see
another year Why such scare was gotten
up, that doctor only knows.
Now this would never do, thought she A
thousand eyes were on him, and thousand
ears had caught this ominous warning. What
to do was quick resolve, and how to out
wit this evil portent was woman's chance
to hold her husband on his pinnacle and sur
prise the country. She did it.
And hence we find them at the boudoir
fireplace, whilethe poodle slum bered quietly
Just then she whispered sonnet hing in his
ear
What was his answer? Did he say, "rd
like to do it just to spite the doctor but
they'd have my name in thousand prints?"
But what ofthat? She had determined that
thousand papers should proclaim the
President is well, and walks about without
his cane
She fastened off, and after while the
attendant rubbed his swollen limbs and
anon the pains subsidized; he slept the sleep
of the just, and arose recuperated. And so
it happened that the press rebuked the doc
tors fussiness, and proclaimed the sudden
restoration of the President health.
What it was that cured him is the good
wlfe's secret, and no one would be mean
enough to tell that secret if she gave him
leave, but true it is what other most dis
t.1guished men have done so often has
brought them like results.
For instance, firm friend and counselor
Of the President, Hon Daniel w. VOORHEES,,
Senator from Indiana, makes this mention
without reluctance or show Of secrecy: "St.
Jacobs Oil gave instantaneous relief; re-
markable remedy"
The distinguished Roman Catholic prelate
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Gilmour Cleveland
Ohio, in likemanner states: st. Jacobs Oil is
excellent for rheumatism and kindred dis
eases"
The Hon. Thomas L. Young, Ex-Governor
of Ohio has been free to say: Suffered for
years with rheumatism and was cured by
ST. Jacobs Oil.'
Hon. Martin A. Foran, Member of Con-
gress from Cleveland, Ohio, has said "St.
Jacobs Oil is an invaluable family medicine.
Great relief. Safe and reliable"
Hon. Norman J. Coiman, ex-Lieutenant-
Governor. St. Louis, Mo-, Commissioner |
of Agriculture: Found great benefit by |
use of St. Jacobs Oil"
Capt. Henry M. Holzworth, late Chief |
Detective Force, Cleveland, Ohio: ''St. |
Jacobs Oil is surprising relief. A world of |
good. Il conquers pain"
Hon. stacey Hill, Mt. Auburn Inclined |
doubtedly st. Jacobs Oil is a remarkable |
medicine"
Capt Ben Bullwinkle, Chicago Fire Pa
troll, Chicago, H.: "St. Jacobs Oil is GER
tainly &c cd thing
ProfessorC 0. Duplessis, Manager Chicago
Gymnasium: 1--WE use st. Jacobs Oil in
preference to anything we ever tried"
Hon. Hart B. Holton, exM. c., Maryland:
II have used st. Jacobs Oil with astonishing
effects. 1t is a first-class thing"
General Rufus Ingalls,, Quartermaster Cen
eral U. S. Army: ''St. Jacobs Oil is the best
pain cure ever used"
Not alone in this country but in all parts
of the world, men of distinction are free to
admit all its virtues, to sympathize with
those who suffer, and to give them the ben
etit of their Endorsements as encouragement
% do likewise. Hence we find so distin-
yuished a scholar as:
DR.. Richard Oberaender, Leipzig, Ger
many, Secretary chronological Museum, F.
). U. G. A. M. G. S.: est. Jacobs Oil cured
ne entirely of neuralgia. will not be with
,ut it,
Hon Bila Flint, Life Senator of the Do
ninion Parliament, Canada: II found St.
Jacobs Oil to act like charm"
Hon. Godfrey Sichel, Member of Parlia-
nent, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa:
St Jacobs Oil will cure neuralgia pains"
Senior A. de la E. Delgado, LII. D., and
Counselor Tribunal of Justice of the Re-
'ublic, Lima, Peru: "a single application of
= Tooohs oil o,,roJ mo of atisrn Of |